Anatomy
Very small body and brain with a mosaic of primitive and derived features.
COMPREHENSIVE INTERACTIVE REPORT · High
Homo floresiensis
Island lineageAbout 100,000–60,000 years ago · Flores, Indonesia
Current synthesis
A small-bodied, small-brained island human demonstrating a radically different evolutionary outcome within Homo.
Ecology & food
Island environments containing Stegodon, giant rats, reptiles and endemic fauna.
Technology
Stone tools span a long regional sequence, though not every assemblage can be assigned to the species.
Clothing evidence
No securely associated evidence of clothing. Reconstruction is shown without garments.
Behavior & social evidence
Island foraging and tool production; direct evidence for symbolic life is absent.
Relationships
Possibly descended from an early Homo dispersal followed by island evolution.
Controversies
Ancestral population, timing of disappearance and association with specific tool layers.
What reaches forward
Expanded the recognized diversity of recent humans far beyond large-brained continental forms.
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